Irish Language Blog
Menu
Search

Tag Archives: neamhbheo

Níl aon “P” bréagléannta i nGaeilge (Béarla: ptarmigan vs. Gaeilge: tarmachan) Posted by on Jul 27, 2014

(le Róislín) We recently noted some extreme examples of English spelling (like chthonic, mnemonic, and pneumonia) and a couple of English words with initial “pt” like “pteranodon” and “ptarmigan” (naisc thíos)  One of those words was an example of pseudo-learned spelling in English since the initial silent letter was added, to make the word look…

Continue Reading